Stein

LILLEE, Acting P. J.

her complaint for monies due on two promissory notes executed by E. E. Hassen, president or manager of Towne Avenue Hospital and Sanitarium, plaintiff sued Towne, two named corporations and Hassen personally (appellant herein), alleging that Towne is the alter ego of Hassen and the other two corporations. Subsequent to the filing of defendant’s answer and counterclaim plaintiff filed and served upon him 78 interrogatories wherein she sought varied information concerning his relationship to the corporation, any defense he might assert against his personal liability on the notes, and matters pertaining to his counterclaim; defendant filed what he asserted to be answers thereto. Thereafter plaintiff noticed motion to compel further answers on the ground that certain of defendant’s answers were nonresponsive, incomplete and evasive, and for monetary sanctions—reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining the orders, including attorneys’ fees. Meanwhile defendant filed and served an unsigned unverified document purporting to contain additional answers.

On September 2, 1970, plaintiff’s motion was heard by Commissioner Gerald Malkan, Judge pro tempore.…